Coahuila State

The Mexican state of Coahuila is located in the northeast of Mexico. Limt to the north with the state of Texas belonging to the United States; to the east, with Nuevo Leon; to the west, with Durango and Chihuahua; and to the south, with San Luis Potosi and Zacatecas. It is the third bigger state for their territory, being located after Chihuahua and Sonora. Their population is near to the 2,5 million inhabitants. Their capital is Saltillo, the biggest metropolis it is Torreon and other important cities are: Monclova, Piedras Negras and Acuna.

Coahuila Northeast

In the Northeast Region of the state of Coahuila you found a without number of surprises, art, culture, amusement, gastronomy and historical places.

• In our region, specifically in the Ejido Santa Eulalia, produce the biggest quantity of cabrito and it is located approximately to 30 minutes of Acuna City for the Federal highway 02
• The Sierra of Arteaga offers beautiful places outdoors for the trip, camping and fun.
• Rincón Colorado, paleontological area where they have been fossil remains of dinosaurs of the era Cretácica.

Origin of the Name

The official name of the state is Coahuila of Zaragoza, in honor of the General Ignacio Zaragoza. The origin of the name Coahuila is not known with certainty. When the Spaniards arrived to this territory they met with indigenous inhabitants that were made call coahuiltecos. Some historians think that in náhuatl it means: viper that flies, (coatl, snake and huila, to fly); others think that it means: place of many trees (quautli, tree and the, abundance). Origins Following the trajectory of remains of mammoth and the vestiges of lances and other stone devices, the scientists think that at least 40 thousand years ago they had already arrived in America the first inhabitants. It is known that the man walked along thousands of years from Asia to America.
In the north of our state they have been vestiges that allow to make sure that 12 thousand years ago they arrived at the Big or Brave River some groups of hunter-recolectores.

The recent discovery of human prints petrified in the valley of Cuatro Cienegas makes think that the human presence in that place can go back until more than 10 thousand years behind, although they are still necessary scientific studies that you/they demonstrate it.

As the time passed and the climate of the region changed, those hunter-recolectoes they adapted to its means without altering its form of life a lot. Later on they integrated tribes or bands that were dispersed in the whole American continent.